quatrevingtquatreComing soon to the SF Fringe2017-08-18T04:41:04Zhttp://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.com/feed/atom/WordPress.comsurvivorsofthegreatcataclysmhttps://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.comhttp://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.com/?p=812011-09-13T00:05:40Z2011-09-13T00:05:40Z]]>“I loved this one — truly one of the most exciting and strikingly original theatrical experiences I’ve had in some time. It reverberates long after one leaves the theater.”–Pirot

“This is the kind of theater you hope to experience at the Fringe Festival but dare not expect.”–Dick Murphy

The Marx Brothers meets Samuel Beckett

A quintet of mustachioed survivors of an apocalyptic event come together to perform their nightly ritual commemorating the discovery of counting and the subsequent destruction of their civilization.

Each survivor takes on a role and begins the process of learning to count while constantly being sidetracked by animal transformations, aftershocks, homoerotic tension and dissension among their ranks.

A timely parable of accumulation and collapse.

WHO

Quatre-Vingt-Quatre” is written by San Francisco poet Evan Kennedy (Dirty Swan Projects), directed by Adam Sussman (Armchair Vanya, Sex and Cynicism,) and choreographed by Tim Rubel (Tim Rubel Human Shakes). The cast and director have previously collaborated with Evan Kennedy on a related performance that was presented at SF MoMA earlier in the summer.

Evan Kennedy is a poet who has written Shoo-Ins to Ruin (Gold Wake Press) and a few chapbooks, including Us Them Poems (BookThug). He oversees a small press named Dirty Swan Projects out of San Francisco.

Adam Sussman is a writer/performer/director originally from Boston where he worked with the critically acclaimed group “The Gold Dust Orphans” as well as The Theater Offensive, Vox Consort, Company One, and Cornerstone Theater. His short play “Sex and Cynicism” was part of “Come As You Are” a nationally produced evening of queer theater. His work has been seen in Berkeley, San Francisco, Boston, Providence, Provincetown and Philadelphia. His last show, “Armchair Vanya” was part of this year’s Home Theater Festival.

Tim Rubel received his MFA in Dance/Experimental Choreography from UC Riverside. He has taught dance at SF State, Mt. San Jacinto, and UC Riverside. His work has been seen on both coasts, including most recently at The Garage in San Francisco. He recently formed Tim Rubel Human Shakes as a vehicle for presenting his original choreographic works.

WHEN

Wednesday, September 7, 10:30pm

Saturday, September 10, 7:30pm

Friday, September 16, 7pm

Sunday, September 18, 1pm

WHERE

“Quatre-Vingt-Quatre,” is part of the SF Fringe Festival

EXIT Theater, 156 Eddy St., San Francisco

]]>0survivorsofthegreatcataclysmhttps://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.comhttp://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.com/?p=552011-09-01T09:32:31Z2011-09-01T09:32:31Z]]>Stills from rehearsal and some new promo shots.]]>0survivorsofthegreatcataclysmhttps://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.comhttp://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.com/?p=502011-08-10T08:24:14Z2011-08-10T08:22:15Z]]>There are as many survivors as characters

The Huntsman

The Miner

The Soldier

The Farmer

The Strongman

]]>0survivorsofthegreatcataclysmhttps://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.comhttp://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.com/?p=382011-07-19T07:35:40Z2011-07-19T07:17:21Z]]>“In this country every metaphor wears a moustache.”

—Baudelaire

]]>0survivorsofthegreatcataclysmhttps://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.comhttp://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.com/?p=332011-07-09T19:35:48Z2011-07-09T19:35:31Z]]>“The work of a theater troupe cannot be separated from the atmosphere of the place in which it performs.” —Tadashi Suzuki]]>0survivorsofthegreatcataclysmhttps://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.comhttp://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.com/?p=202011-06-03T07:36:28Z2011-06-03T06:52:21Z]]>QUATRE-VINGT-QUATRE

EXIT THEATER

EXIT StageLeft

WEDNESDAY– Sept 7 –10:30 PM

SATURDAY– Sept 10 –7:30 PM

FRIDAY– Sept 16 –7:00 PM

SUNDAY– Sept 18 –1:00 PM

]]>0survivorsofthegreatcataclysmhttps://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.comhttp://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.com/?p=112011-06-03T02:34:32Z2011-06-02T08:17:06Z]]>Toynbee argues that as civilizations decay, there is a “schism” within the society. In this environment of discord, people resort to archaism (idealization of the past), futurism (idealization of the future), detachment (removal of oneself from the realities of a decaying world), and transcendence (meeting the challenges of the decaying civilization with new insight, e.g., by following a new religion). From among members of an “internal proletariat” who transcend the social decay a “church” may arise. Such an association would contain new and stronger spiritual insights, around which a subsequent civilization may begin to form. Toynbee here uses of the word “church” in a general sense, e.g., to refer to a collective spiritual bond found in common worship, or the unity found in a agreed social order.

]]>0survivorsofthegreatcataclysmhttps://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.comhttp://quatrevingtquatre.wordpress.com/?p=12011-06-03T06:52:13Z2011-06-01T08:27:35Z]]>Hello You’ve reached the official site of Quatre-Vingt-Quatre, coming this September to the SF Fringe Festival. We are currently in Pre-Production but will be activating this account in the next month or two. In the meantime whet your appetite with these promo shots.